A Comprehensive Guide to the Must-Visit Destinations of Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah

Posted by Sowsan Attia
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Feb 24, 2015
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The city of Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea is Hijaz Tihamah region. It is the major urban center of. It’s only the largest city of the Makkah Province but also the send largest city and one of the major urban center’s of Saudi Arabia. Today it a major commercial hub in Saudi Arabia. The city is known for its restaurants, cafes and shopping districts. Plus, it also hosts the Jeddah Corniche, an awesome hub for visitors and locals encompassing a great bunch of beaches ,resorts and hotels around it.

Though the city has a huge bunch of  things to do and places to visit but a few of them are a “must visit/watch” destinations. If you are planning to visit Jeddah this/next vacation you must go through the list of popular must visit destinations here-

King Fahd's Fountain
It was King Fahd who donated this incredible masterpiece to the city of Jeddah. The fountain is addressed on west coast of Saudi Arabia. The awesome fountain jets water upto the hight of 853 feet (a few sorces claim it to be 1,024 feet high). This majestic fountain showcases the glory of the city of Jeddah. The water ejected by this fountain can reach a speed of 233 miles per hour. Moeover, it takes more than 500 spotlights to illuminate the magnificent fountain at night.

Corniche
If you want to desire to enjoy an heavenly view of the sunset resting at a beautiful seaside then you must take a tour to Corniche Road when you Visit Jeddah. You’ll find a number of families enjoying a barbeue party, the elders catching fish and children flying kites during the weekends. Just take a sit beside the water at the big boulders of rocks or at one of the benches and enjoy the sublime beauty of the array.

Open-Air Museum of Monuments
Right at the backside of Sheraton nad Hilton Hotels , along the Prince Faisal Bin Fahad street, is the Open-air monuments museum, that displays increbile works of art. The museum displays an awesome collection of monuments of varied interests such as prayer beads, luggages, handy tools, aladdin's lamp, giant faucet, birthday cake, giant cycle, etc.

King Saud Mosque
This proudworthy assest of Jeddah Tourism is another jewel landmark of Saudi Arabia . This is the largest mosque of the place which lies in the Al-Sharafeyyah District. The architectureof this building was designed by Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil. This mosque was built in the year 1987. It’s sprad on the land area of 9700 m² and its prayer hall alone covers the area of 2464 m². The dome of this magnificent mosque is 20 meters wide  and 42 meters high. The layout of King Saud’s Mousque reminds of Iran’s  Great Mosque of Esfahan. And the model of its minaret is much like that of Sutan Hasan’s  Mosque-Madrassa in Cairo,Egypt. The heavenly charm of this mosque just takes the visitors to another world.

Jeddah tourism awaits for your welcome! Book your tickets now to this awesome place for experiencing the authenticities of Saudi Arabia.
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